Rare Birds in Guatemala
Our list for Guatemala has 45 rare birds recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 13 winter visitors, 24 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Guatemala in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 45, most common first
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantRare34–38 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaWinter visitorRare19–25 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–May
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantRare43–54 cmRegularly Jan
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorPassage migrantRare45–53 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly May
DunlinCalidris alpinaScarceRare16–22 cm
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–May
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraPassage migrantRare36–43 cmRegularly Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantRare54–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusScarceRare48–66 cm
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made